New Music Friday: 13th Floor New Album Picks: March 24, 2023
New Music Friday is here again. The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda presents this week’s 5 new albums for your consideration with Lana Del Rey leading the pack.
Terrible Sons – Easy Love: New Song Of The Day
Terrible Sons, Ōtautahi/Christchurch husband-and-wife; share new song and video ‘Easy Love‘. New album The Raft Is Not The Shore out April 28 on Nettwerk.
Kurt Vile & The Violators with Jazmine Mary – Auckland Town Hall: March 23, 2023
Kurt Vile & his Violators have been regular visitors to Auckland since they first played here at The Kings Arms back in 2011. At their show last night at Auckland’s Town Hall they show no sign of wearing out their welcome.
Beach Bunny – Tuning Fork, March 22, 2023: Concert Review
Beach Bunny: The Tuning Fork is hosting pre-teens to twenty-somethings tonight and they know how to live in the glorious present. Two great bands, openers Marmalade included.
Damien Binder – Bright Side: New Song Of The Day
Damien Binder, Perth-based New Zealand singer-songwriter, Bright Side, the title-track from his forthcoming new album, due out April 21st.
June Of 44 – The Mothership: March 22, 2023
June of 44, finally brought their live show to Aotearoa/New Zealand shores. On their one previous visit to Australia, they had a layover at Auckland Airport, but never made it into a venue, I suspected the excitement was going to be symbiotic between band and audience tonight.
Country Westerns – Grapefruit: New Song Of The Day
Country Westerns release Grapefruit and we serve it up to you just in time for breakfast.
Florence + The Machine at Spark Arena: March 21, 2023
Florence + The Machine closed out their Dance Fever Tour in Auckland and gave it their all. And we gave it back.
Watch: Proteins Of Magic Perform at The 13th Floor
Proteins of Magic, Nashville-based Kiwi Kelly Sherrod, performs her new single, Divine Physics live at The 13th Floor.
WOMAD – Brooklands New Plymouth, 17-19 March 2023: Concert Review Part Two
WOMAD 2023 and the final day of the world music, art and dance celebration continues the love fest, and ends in the realm of the Gods.
Summer Thieves – Funny How The Mind Works: New Song Of The Day
Summer Thieves return in 2023 with ‘Funny How The Mind Works’, taken from their upcoming third album.
Trentemøller announces debut NZ shows In June
LIVE NATION and CRS MUSIC are thrilled to announce TRENTEMØLLER for several New Zealand shows, visiting Wellington’s San Fran on Thursday, June 15, and Auckland’s Powerstation on Saturday, June 17 and marking the first time the legendary musician will grace Aotearoa’s shores.
Surf Friends Are Riding Sonic Waves: Interview
Surf Friends, the dynamic Kiwi duo signed to Flying Nun Records, have just released their new album, Sonic Waves. Here are Brad and Pete with answers to all our questions.
Sophie-Maude – Goosebumps: New Song Of The Day
Up-and-coming Bay of Plenty artist Sophie-Maude is back with her new single, a synthrock belter, Goosebumps.
WOMAD – Brooklands New Plymouth, 17-19 March 2023: Concert Review Part One
WOMAD – the World of Music, Art and Dance is celebrating it is twentieth year in New Plymouth. The music of the last one and a half days has been nothing short of brilliant. Womad has been in hiatus since 2020, following the Covid panic.
Dean Lewis: Civic Theatre: March 18, 2023
DEAN LEWIS blazed his way into Auckland after sold-out concerts in Wellington and Christchurch, following up stadium gigs in his native Australia.
10:32 and Marmalade at The Tuning Fork: Photo Gallery
10:32 and Marmalade performed at The Tuning Fork last night at The 13th Floor’s Leonie Moreland was there, armed with her trusty camera, to catch all the action.
The D4 & Schizophonics – Powerstation: March 18, 2023
The D4 are back and they rocked The Powerstation with some serious help from The Schizophonics. Andra Jenkin and Ivan Karczewski bring you words and pictures.
Madeleine Peyroux Jazzes up Holy Trinity Cathedral: March 18, 2023 (Concert Review)
Madeleine Peyroux closed out this leg of her Careless Love Forever Tour in grand style at Auckland’s regal Holy Trinity Cathedral.
90s Icons Ash Smash it Out at The Tuning Fork 17 March 2023 (Concert Review)
ASH! Masters of the universe! The lights beamed as the lads from Northern Ireland descended onto the stage of The Tuning Fork for one sell out show.